Crease preventing hair net and method and apparatus for its manufacture



April 24, 1956 E BERG 2,742,910

CREAsE PREVENTING HAIR NET AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ITS MANUFACTUREFiled Oct. 25, 1953 Ll-ll-EZI .1-; L l-1; /0" L i yw United StatesPatent 2,742,910 g CREASE PREVENTING HAIR NET AND METHOD AND APPARATUSron, ITSMANUFACTURE Elaine. nergcinca b; m. Application October 23,.1953, Serial No. 387,990 2 Claims. 0-13249 One of the objects of theinvention is the provision ofv an improved hair net and :shield assemblyin which the 'elastic is free to stretch, inside the shield, andtofiadjust itself to thehead of the wearer, and'in which the elastic .islocated generally rnidwaybetween the edges of the shield, so that thetributed over the full area-of the shield.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an improved hair netand shield assembly in which the elastic and net are so secured to theshield that the elastic automatically takes a central position midwaybetween the edges of the shield and spreads the pressure of the elasticevenly over the entire area of the shield against the forehead.

Another object is the provision of an improved shield and hair netassembly in which the elastic does not tend to pull down into the Ushaped apex of the shield; and it does not tend to draw the apex of theshield against the forehead; but instead, the elastic holds the shieldflatly against the forehead in the most comfortable position.

Another object is the provision of improved hair net and shieldassemblies which are durable, sanitary, washable, capable of economicalmanufacture, and which involve a minimum amount of labor in theirmanufacture.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an improved hair netand shield assembly in which the shield may have a padded characteristicso that it rests more comfortably upon the forehead'of the wearer.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from thefollowing description and the accompanying drawings, in which similarcharacters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several.views.

Referring to the single sheet of drawings accompanying thisspecification,

Fig. l is a view in perspective of one of the users of the hair net andshield assembly, showing the adjustment of the shield on the forehead;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary front elevational view, showing the location ofthe elastic inside the shield, after the shield has been completed;

Fig. 3 is a front elevational view, showing theform for mounting thehair net while the shield is being applied to its edge;

Fig. 4 is a front elevational view of the completed hair net and shieldassembly, with the elastic contracted to its normal position, which itassumes when it is not on the head; i

pressure of the elastic is equally dis v from the cut-out 22. Then theother side stretches across the cut-out 22in convenient position theforehead is spread I straight outline 21,

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Fig. 5 is a fragmentary Referring to Figs. land 4, the present shieldand hair net assembly includes a hair net 10 and ashield 11, which ispermanently applied to the edge of the hair: net midway between theknots 12, 13 of the hair net along 7 one of its elastic edges.

The hair net 10 may consist of a net of hair or other .fiber orreticulated material loosely woven and provided along its two selvageedges with an elastic strip which is interwoven with the hair net. Therectiulated material and two elastic bands are cut off at a properlength and secured together at 12 and13 in what appears to be a knot,but which is actually a gathering together of the net and elastic, whichis tightly wrapped'with a thin sheet metal clip and secured together.

The shield 11 may consist of a thin elongated strip of flexible plasticor'any suitable fabric or heavy fabricord. If desired, it may have afuzzy characteristic on the inside, but is preferably smooth andimpervious onits outside. The shield 11 line 14, which is half waybetween its sides; and it is preferably applied to the hairnet 'by aline of stitching 15, which passes throughithe reticulated portions ofthe hair net, the stitching passing through the mesh and through theother fold of the shield at a point spaced from the elastic 16. .Theelastic is seen in Fig. 1 passing I through .the shield, which takes theform of a flat'tube;

and the elastic is located substantially midway between the edges ofthis fiat tube- The stitching does not interfere with the stretching ofthe elastic in any way; and the force of the elastic on over the fullarea of the shield 11, as distinguished from the'devices of the priorart, where the elastic is applied at a point 17 (Fig. 5) inside the Ushaped bend.

With the present shield draw the U shaped bend instead the elastic tendsto against the forehead.

the elastic does not tend to 18 against the forehead, but pull theentire flat shield flatly The shield should be applied to the hair netmidway between the knots 12 and 13; and such hair nets being diflicultto handle, I provide a fiber, cardboard, or thin wood form 20 formounting the hair net while the shield is being applied thereto. Thisform may have a lower which is provided with a rectangular cut-out at 22large enough to receive the entire shield 11 for a purpose further to bedescribed. 1

The form 20 is adapted to stretch the hair net 10 to a workableconditionand preferably has a pair of V grooves 23, 24 located throughthe straight side 21 on a curved portion 25 of the form, which may besubstantially circular and is big enough to hold the hair net in a flatcondition, although not necessarily stretching the elastic as much as itis stretched on the head.

The hair net with its elastic is mounted on the arcuate plate 20 andlocated with its knots 12 and 13 adjacent the grooves 23, 24 in whichthe elastic is located. This draws the elastic straight along the line16 (Fig. '3) of both sides of the form; but I prefer to provide anarrangement for getting one side of the elastic out of the sewing area.

For this purpose I punch a tab 26 out of the form midway between itsends and above the cut-out 22, and use it as a hook upon which one ofthe elastic bands 16 is hooked todraw one whole side of the net upward,away of the net to have the shield llvfolded about it and placed underthe sewing machine column. l

The'shield his then folded lengthwise midway besectional view, taken on'th'e plane of the line 5-5 of Fig. '2, looking in the direction of thearrows.

is bent back upon itself along a I tween its edges along the line 14with the net and elastic between it; and the line of stitching 15 ismade in the shield through the net with the sewing machine. The entirenet is then removed with the shield from the form 20; and the shield isautomatically located midway between the knots 12 and 13.

It will thus be observed that the shield then assumes a tubular shape,although it is fiat; and I find that when the net and elastic arestretched and applied about the head, the elastic 16 is located betweenthe edges of such a tube. The elastic tends to press the entire shieldflatly against the forehead; and the pressure of the elastic on theforehead is evenly distributed over the entire shield.

There is no tendency for the elastic to draw the sharp lower edge of theshield against the forehead; and the present net and shield assembly ismore comfortable than any of those of the prior art.

Such an assembly can be washed in water or cleaned with other cleaningfluids because the stitching is unaffected by water or cleaning fluids,which might detach the shield if it were glued. The elastic may stretchas necessary to adjust itself to the head inside the tubular shield; andthe same is true of the hair net, except those portions which areengaged directly by the stitching.

While I have illustrated a preferred embodiment of my invention, manymodifications may be made without departing from the spirit of theinvention, and I do not wish to be limited to the precise details ofconstruction set forth, but desire to avail myself of all changes withinthe scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

1. The method of making a hair net and shield assembly which comprisesmounting a hair net, having a reticulated body, and an elastic band atits edges, and having a pair of gathered knots upon a rigid segmentalform, the net being spread out flat, anchoring one of the elastic edgesof the net away from the other edge to prevent interference during thenext step, and folding a rectangular strip of relatively stitf materialabout the other elastic band of the net, and stitching it to the net bya line of stitching located at the adjacent edges of the folded shield.

2. A crease preventing hair net comprising a net of reticulated materialprovided at its opposite edges with an elastic band, the ends of saidmaterial being tied together to form a knot, including the elastic, anda crease preventing member carried by the edge of said net, andcomprising a rectangular strip of relatively stiff fabric, which isfolded upon itself along a median line, bringing its opposite edges intoregistry, and forming a flat, tubular member, the said opposite edgesbeing secured together by a line of stitching, which also passes throughsaid net at a point spaced from said elastic band, locating said elasticband substantially midway between the lateral edges of said tube whenthe net is stretched and located about the head of a wearer, the saidelastic band drawing said flat tube against the forehead of the user anddistributing the pressure of the elastic band over substantially thefull area of the inner side of said flat, tubular member to avoid theformation of a crease in the forehead of the user and to increase thecomfort of the user.

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